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The Guardian also recognized Handa's Surprise as one of the "50 best culturally diverse children's books." [2] Handa's Surprise is also noted for the use of illustrations to provide the reader with information the main character doesn't have. [3] [4] In 1995, Handa's Surprise was on the shortlist for the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
LC Class. PZ7.K2253 Sn 1978. The Snowy Day is a 1962 American children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. It features Peter, an African American boy, who explores his neighborhood after the season's first snowfall. Keats’ illustrations helped pave the way for more inclusive and diverse children's literature. [ 1]
Grace Lin (born May 17, 1974) is a Taiwanese-American children's writer and illustrator. She is a Newbery, Geisel, and Caldecott honoree, known for contributing to and advocating for Asian-American representation and diversity in children’s literature. She has published more than 25 books, all of which are written for young and middle-grade ...
Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974), for which she won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature [ 1] and the Newbery Medal in 1975. [ 2] Her works were celebrated for exploring the African-American ...
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [ 1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a ...
John Christopher. Isabel C. Clarke. Jane E. Clarke. Emma Clayton. Victoria Clayton. Michael Cole (writer) Stephen Cole (writer) Helen Cooper (illustrator) Caroline Corby.
Barbara Morrison. . . ( m. 1973; died 2015) . [ 1] Children. 2. Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021) was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. [ 2] His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies.